Category: Sports Update

South Carolina junior defensive end Jadeveon Clowney and Clemson junior defensive end Vic Beasley are among 12 players named as semifinalists for the 44th Rotary Lombardi Award. The award will be presented December 11th.

South Carolina defensive tackle Kelcy Quarles plans to leave school at the end of this season, which is his junior year, to enter the NFL Draft.  His father, Buddy Quarles, said his son had talked with Gamecocks Head Ball Coach Steve Spurrier about his decision and the coach told his son that he could walk with the seniors and other […]

The ACC has selected two Clemson Tigers as Football Players of the Week. Clemson junior Sammy Watkins was named the ACC Receiver of the Week for the second time this season following a record-setting day in the Tigers’ ACC road win at Maryland. Clemson’s Brandon Thomas picked up ACC Offensive Lineman of the Week honors as well.

Clemson Quarterback Tajh Boyd and defensive end Vic Beasley are both semifinalists for major college football awards given by the Maxwell Football Club of Pennsylvania. Boyd is one of 16 semifinal candidates for the Maxwell Award, which is given to the top college football player in the nation, while Beasley is one of 16 semifinalists for the Bednarik Award, which goes to the nation’s […]

Thanks to big wins on Saturday, the Clemson Tigers and South Carolina Gamecocks have moved up in the latest polls.  Clemson’s 40-27 win at Maryland and South Carolina’s defeat of #5 Missouri 27-24 in double overtime, allowed the Tigers to gain two spots and the Gamecocks four in the new USA Today Coaches’ College Football Top 25. The Tigers are […]

Behind a big performance off the bench from senior quarterback Connor Shaw, No. 20 South Carolina (6-2, 4-2 SEC) came back to take a 27-24 overtime win at No. 5 Missouri on Saturday evening. Shaw, who entered the game after the Tigers made it 17-0 on a third quarter, 27-yard field goal, went 20-for-29 for 201 yards and three TDs.

In the game for bragging rights in the Golden Corner, the Seneca Bobcats beat the West-Oak Warriors 45-7 Friday night at Coach Tom Bass Field of Bobcat Stadium.  At halftime, the #84 jersey of Seneca Bobcat, Clemson Tiger, and Pittsburgh Steeler legend Bennie Cunningham was retired. Elsewhere, the top-ranked Daniel Lions shutout the Walhalla Razorbacks, 49-0 to capture the Western […]

The first BCS standings of the college football season were released this week.  After knocking off Clemson on Saturday, Florida State edged out Oregon for the No. 2 spot behind Alabama. Oregon is ranked No. 2 in all the major polls, but Florida State benefited from its high ranking by the BCS computers to earn a slight edge over the […]

After South Carolina fought back to take a lead in the third quarter, Tennessee used two fourth-quarter field goals to gain a 23-21 win on Saturday afternoon at Neyland Stadium.  South Carolina had more yardage than Tennessee, 384 to 325, but the Gamecocks turned the ball over twice, while the Vols did not commit a turnover.